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Margaret Cowan 1856 – 1922 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Jan 1856

Birth Location: Minto, Wellington, Ontario, Canada

Death Date: 6 Mar 1922

Death Location: Benalto, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

Father: Alexander Cowan

Mother: Isabella Campbell

Spouse(s): Charles Gingrass

Children(s): George Gingras, Florence Gingrass, Annie Gingrass, Charles Gingrass

It was in 1856 that Margaret Cowan was born in Minto, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, a child of Alexander Cowan and Isabella Campbell. Margaret Cowan went on to marry Charles Edward Gingrass and had children such as George Albert Gingras, Florence Gingrass, Annie May Gingrass and Charles Roy Gingrass. Margaret Cowan was deceased by 1922 in Benalto, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.

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Parents

Alexander Cowan
1832 – 1911
Birth Location: Armagh, Northern Ireland
AC
Isabella Campbell
1832 – 1871
Birth Location: Kildalton Parish, Islay Island, Argyll, Scotland
IC

Spouses(s)

Charles Gingrass
1848 – 1928
Birth Location: Quebec, Canada
CG

Children(s)

George Gingras
1878 – 1901
Birth Location: Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada
GG
Florence Gingrass
1886 – 1937
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, USA
FG
Annie Gingrass
1888 – 1906
Birth Location: Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
AG
Charles Gingrass
1904 – 1969
Birth Location: Alberta, Canada
CG

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 13 Jan 1856
    Event Place: Minto, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1861 Census of Canada, 1871 Census of Canada, 1881 Census of Canada, 1900 United States Federal Census, 1906 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, 1911 Census of Canada, 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, 1921 Census of Canada, Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ontario, Canada, Roman Catholic Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1760-1923, Web: Canada, Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register, 1828-1910, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1083, Year: 1900; Census Place: Garfield, Mackinac, Michigan; Roll: 726; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0096; FHL microfilm: 1240726, County: Canada; Number: ; Date: ., Year: 1911; Census Place: 80 - Erarts, Red Deer, Alberta; Page: 17; Family No: 17, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 10; Census Place: Red Deer, Alberta; Page Number: 18, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 25 Mar 1857
    Event Place: Minto, Wellington Co., Canada
    Record Source: Web: Canada, Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register, 1828-1910

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 19 Apr 1878
    Event Place: Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Ontario, Canada, Roman Catholic Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1760-1923

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 22 Feb 1877
    Event Place: Muskoka District, Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: County: Canada; Number: 40951; Date: ., County: Canada; Number: ; Date: .

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 25 Mar 1857
    Event Place: Minto
    Record Source: Web: Canada, Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register, 1828-1910

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1861
    Event Place: Minto, Wellington, Canada West, Canada
    Record Source: 1861 Census of Canada, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1083

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: '1871'
    Event Place: Muskoka, Ontario, 'canada'
    Record Source: 1871 Census of Canada

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1881
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Garfield, Mackinac, Michigan; Roll: 726; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0096; FHL microfilm: 1240726

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: abt 1881
    Event Place: Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1881 Census of Canada

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Garfield, Mackinac, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Garfield, Mackinac, Michigan; Roll: 726; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0096; FHL microfilm: 1240726

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1906
    Event Place: Strathcona, Alberta, Canada
    Record Source: 1906 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1911
    Event Place: Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
    Record Source: 1911 Census of Canada, Year: 1911; Census Place: 80 - Erarts, Red Deer, Alberta; Page: 17; Family No: 17

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: abt 1916
    Event Place: 38, 3, 5, 4
    Record Source: 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1 Jun 1921
    Event Place: Golden West, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
    Record Source: 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 10; Census Place: Red Deer, Alberta; Page Number: 18

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: County: Canada; Number: 40951; Date: .

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 6 Mar 1922
    Event Place: Benalto, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
    Record Source: Alberta, Canada, Deaths Index, 1870-1966, Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Provincial Archives of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Death Indexes

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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